L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Brief Synopsis
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The story of Nero's ruthless bid to exile his wife and crown his mistress, Poppea, as his empress. The opera premiered in 1642 in Venice, about 40 years after opera itself was invented. Monteverdi was particularly interested in using the power of music to express the text and he broke with the tradi
Cast & Crew
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Jean-pierre Ponnelle
Director
Rachel Yakar
Poppea
Eric Tappy
Nerone
Trudeliese Schmidt
Ottavia
Paul Esswood
Ottone
Janet Perry
Drusilla
Film Details
Also Known As
Coronation of Poppea, The, Great Performances (01/19/83), Incoronazione di Poppea
Release Date
1983
Production Company
Osterreichischer Rundfunk Fernsehen (Orf); Southwest German Broadcasting Corporation; Unitel
Technical Specs
Duration
3h
Synopsis
The story of Nero's ruthless bid to exile his wife and crown his mistress, Poppea, as his empress. The opera premiered in 1642 in Venice, about 40 years after opera itself was invented. Monteverdi was particularly interested in using the power of music to express the text and he broke with the tradition of using mythological characters for the story; he used people out of history.
Director
Jean-pierre Ponnelle
Director
Cast
Rachel Yakar
Poppea
Eric Tappy
Nerone
Trudeliese Schmidt
Ottavia
Paul Esswood
Ottone
Janet Perry
Drusilla
Matti Salminen
Seneca
Maria Minetto
Nutrice
Alexander Oliver
Arnalta
Philippe Huttenlocher
Lucano
Peter Keller
Valetto
Suzanne Calabro
Damigella
Francisco Araiza
Werner Groschel
Rudolf A Hartman
Liberto Capitano
Peter Straka
Soldier
Fritz Peter
Soldier
Renate Lenhart
Fortuna
Helrum Gardow
Virtu
Klaus Bettschneider
Amore
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Crew
John Ardoin
Script Consultant
Fredy Arnold
Makeup
Christoph Bollinger
Assistant Director
Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Libretto
Claus Helmut Drese
Artistic Director
Dagmar Friederich
Makeup
Sonya Friedman
English Subtitles
Barbara Gee
Production Assistant ("Great Performances")
Martin Griesemer
Assistant Director
Pet Halmen
Costume Designer
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Music Conductor
Horant H. Hohlfeld
Executive Producer
Christian Jungbluth
Production Supervisor
Daniel Kurlander
Production Assistant ("Great Performances")
Dieter Limbeck
Production Supervisor
Rainer Mockert
Production Assistant
Gudrun Mockert-keyser
Editor
Claudio Monteverdi
Music
Hulmut Muhle
Audio Recording
Jean-pierre Ponnelle
Production Designer
Theo Rose
Photography
Rolf-peter Schroder
Audio Producer
Wolfgang Treu
Photography
Jac Venza
Executive Producer ("Great Performances")
Brigitta Wehrand
Makeup
Peter Weinberg
Series Producer ("Great Performances")
Walter A Wettler
Audio Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
Coronation of Poppea, The, Great Performances (01/19/83), Incoronazione di Poppea
Release Date
1983
Production Company
Osterreichischer Rundfunk Fernsehen (Orf); Southwest German Broadcasting Corporation; Unitel
Technical Specs
Duration
3h
